Happy 4th Anniversary!

﻿July 2012 marks the 4th anniversary of the Pickens Plan. Over those four years we — and I mean you and me — have had a profound impact on the energy dialogue in America.

When we began our initiative, few understood the potential for natural gas as a transportation fuel and the impact it could have in freeing us from OPEC oil dependency. Today, that notion is gaining increasing favor among businesses, local, state and the federal government, and the media. Together, we have made America’s energy security a top ranking on the list of important issues facing our great nation. And you — the 1.7 million members of the Pickens Plan army — have been the single most important element of that success.

I thought it might be interesting to take a look back over the last four years by assembling a video of the places we’ve been, the people we’ve met and the conversations we’ve had. I hope you’ll watch this, enjoy it, and please feel free to pass it along to your friends, family, and colleagues.

— Boone

18 Comments

July 9, 2012 /

Some how we have to get the environmentalist on our side and thinking that we can not jump to a total clean solution in 10 years. By fighting a slower move to alternatives they just delay us getting off foreign oil. That makes the problem worse, because it just keeps us dependent and cuts funds to do the type of research to make cleaner energy forms cost competitive with energy we have today.

July 9, 2012 /

No question that T Boone is smart.

The one troubling concern is, did he use TED to undermine research in wind energy.
No question that he is right that the huge 3 bladed fans are too inefficient… DEAD RIGHT on that one.
But there has been absolutely no quest to perfect the design of turbines, no university has picked up the cudgel with an open mind. It’s a bit like the ed Schools that decided that rote memory was a thing of the past thereby ruining math education in America.

And are those under educated in simple math making the decisions?

I have no problem with powering vehicles with natural gas, but ultimately electric power will prevail.

July 9, 2012 /

No doubt, T Boone pickens is one step ahead of Ron Paul, with his answer to our energy question. I, pray this November the right decisions are made to vote out the incumbents and vote in our new group of politicians… If the presidential ballot had just the 2 names, T Boone Pickens, and the other illegal guy Obama on it T Boone, would win it… But too many people are being sucked in by Romney the flip flop, who doesn’t know what he’s going to do from one day to the next…

July 9, 2012 /

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July 9, 2012 /

The Class 8 truck fleet is going to take more time (thanks to EPA) and infastructure on the Inerstate is not in place. Texas has Senate Bill 385 moving forward to build fueling stations ASAP and Oklahoma has a good trapline thanks to Chesapeak.
Here is good one for Mr. Pickens to use on next TV Interview.
We have over 1000 Drill Rigs here in States with the Shale and Bakeen Oil Play. One Diesel Electric SCR or Variable Frequency Drive on a rig burns 100 gallons of diesel per hour at $3.50/gallon that produces 138,000 btu’s of energy. We now have the technology to Duel Fuel the engines to come up on compression ignition and only burn 30 gal/hr. of diesel and displace the other 70 gal./hr. with Natural Gas at $2.00 MCF that produces 1 million but’s. So how many 138k of diesel btu are there in 1 million btu’s of gas. It all becomes sixth grade math to see the savings of $100,000 per month or $1.2 a year now that is making a difference for just one rig.
Its now time we can start making a difference and not have tree huggers protesting in PA like they did this week to shut down EQT that is operating and drilling in shale play to give these same people the energy needed to heat their homes and hopefully run their vehicles on CNG. I dont want to have to depend on OPEC countries like Venezuela and Mr. Hugo Chavez and his buddy Fidel Castro. The Red White and Blue built those oilfields and infastructure in Venezuela its time we continue to build our own energy independence ASAP with leaders like Mr. Picken’s and one drill rig and one vehicle at a time. We are sitting on an opportunity of a lifetime with Energy Independence and get our people back to work right now.
Clay Houston Bates
President
Mid Coast Energy

July 9, 2012 /

Thank you Mr. Pickens for all you have done to organize Americans and for working so hard trying to get our country back on its feet. WE DO HAVE SOLUTIONS for our many problems. And you are one of them. Thanks to you, more Americans are aware of exactly what needs to be done….but we are running out of time. Our very own natl. resources can provide exactly what we need to put ourselves back on the map. And in short time they will all prove to be essential and valuable. We need an energy plan, a budget, and for Americans to get back to work and for our govt. and congress to listen to YOU! PLEASE DON’T GET DISCOURAGED. It’s amazing what you have accomplished in spite of so very many obstacles. Developing our own natl. resources and creating jobs will bring in revenues and restore our country in all the important ways that are essential for our national security and survival. I am so appreciative for ALL you have done to personally and financially support and educate uninformed Americans and our uninispired leadership of what could be done and needs to be done. Your heartfelt passion for our country has provided us with an unforgetable hero. I have much admired your perseverance, wit, unselfishness and caring. If you’re not now, someday you will be often quoted and read about in history books and recognized as an asset to America.

July 9, 2012 /

Mr. Pickens, I agree with you 100% about using our natural gas for long haulers but until we can convince President Obama to get off the solar and other clean energy kick, we don’t have a chance on getting your idea up and running. Our elected officials are also in the way. I have contacted my reps in congress but for some reason I haven’t seen any movement on going forward on your idea. Its been out there now for 4 years. Until we get a change in Washington, nothing will happen. But I am confident that in Nov. we will have a president who will move forward on this. The present adminstration refuses to do anything. It is hell bent on renewable energy. Thats good but what do we do until that time. God bless your efforts and continue to do what is necessary to move your idea forward….Lee

July 9, 2012 /

T B Pickens you are spot on but the problem is our government, it’s so simple yet so hard for this bureaucratic mess to makeup there minds. Lets all keep up the fight for independents from Opec oil and cleaner air.

July 9, 2012 /

The EPA is killing us on this deal. Only 2% of the vehicles sold in the last 6 years have “legal” EPA conversion kit because of the EPA regulations. We hope to pass a law in Texas this next year to make all vehicles legal to convert whether there is a certified EPA kit or not. You can see the new law at http://www.cng4america.com/texas-ng-act-2013.html. We will never get it done with only 2% that can even convert.

July 10, 2012 /

Thank you T.Boone for for your deep insight and sincere determination to make our great nation -Great again! It takes true grit to do what you done for our country and I am very proud of all the other people who have stepped up to join in this profound endeavor! God Bless you my friend!

July 10, 2012 /

So what is in the way? How can someone like Boone with a clear plan, capital, and access to the right people after 4 years still not have full-fledged support from the institutions that can implement a plan like this. There are entities that do not want a plan like this to be implemented. Those are the barriers that need to be brought down.

July 10, 2012 /

It’s amazing what Boone has tried to do for our country and it just appears to fall on deaf ears in Congress and the White House. To have Obama on the video though is a joke, because it’s just words from him for reelection and no actions behind the words. It’s completely obvious that if he really meant what he says, he would be pushing the Picken’s Plan like he did Obamacare. I have no idea in the end what Romney will do, but I know that he can’t do less than Obama, which has been nothing. I do believe that Romney gets the importance of an energy plan more than Obama, but Obama doesn’t have a plan for anything besides getting our country more in debt. Boone’s plan is such common sense, it really shows the idiots we have in Congress and the White House as this country could be doing extremely well economically if they would have implemented Boone’s plan years ago. All Obama talks about is taxing everyone including the energy industry to get more money to spend on his agendas. If he wants more money, pass Boone’s plan that will put hundreds of thousands of TAX PAYING people to work which will generate revenue for the country. Obama is just an idiot when it comes to business and there is no other way to say it. THANK YOU Boone for everything you have done to create the awareness about Natural Gas as being the fuel to save our country in many ways. You are truly a GREAT AMERICAN!!!!!

July 10, 2012 /

I truly appreciate your personal energy and enthusiasm, your reality based message is very persuasive, I would like to see you in a Secretary of Energy position, promoting reality and dispelling myths.

I have been hanging in with the Pickens Army since you started and three things bother me:

1) we are the Opeckers, those oil field don’t pump unless we make them pump with people and equipment. We could just say $20/barrel is the tops we will pay or we take our equipment and go home. We are in a position of power and we act like servile lackeys. That leaves us bowing to OPEC while moving with less urgency to CNG. Ok, the American companies and my 401K that are making 50% of the OPEC profits would take a hit.

2) why is the trucking industry not on your plan like a chicken on a june bug. I believe in the elegance of enlightened self interest. If the trucking companies started buying new CNG trucks, putting in CNG refueling stations and going around the existing stations I think the switch would become a self-fulfilling prophecy. The economic incentives are there for trucking companies to operate CNG trucks, the cost of the infrastructure should be insignificant. OK as a businessman I would always prefer someone else paid for my system, but if you save them a buck today they won’t wait until someone else pays for it.

3) Where are the environmentalist and their media sycophants, they should be screaming for this, are they all hypocrites or does George Soros own them too. They should be on this like a dog on a bone.

Thank you Boone for the elegance in which you present the Pickens Plan and for having the foresight and the courage to speak out when other around you are silent. Well done.

July 14, 2012 /

Happy Birthday Pickens Plan and thank you Mr. Pickens! We have been with you all the way and have no plans of going away! As the song says “We Ain’t Goin Away!” This Army is composed of highly motivated citizen activist that do not give up! We be with you until the end Boone!

July 15, 2012 /

Boone, Let’s keep the pressure on. I can tell you, as you are already well aware, that we still have a huge task at hand. Changing attitudes is very hard. I recently attended an annual mandatory bus driver seminar in Casper (about 800 attendees) and when we drivers were told that some districts were being “encouraged” to purchase nat gas buses there was plenty of skepticism. The logistics of running school buses in Wyoming, where there is plenty of nat gas, but few fueling facilities, are almost overwhelming. I sometimes drive students 600 miles to and from activities and sporting events. Nat Gas buses have very limited range and the initial costs for the buses don’t look very appealing to school boards. Also the underneath storage has to be eliminated to make room for the tanks. We could equip route buses easier than flat-nose activity buses, but that doesn’t seem to be the way the manufacturers are thinking. How can we get this going the right direction?? If ever there was a state that should be leading the way on this, it would be Wyoming.